The main departure point of Mesic’s work is the minds constant struggle in dealing with things that do not have an image. She is curious how our mind (subjectively or collectively) fills in these visual gaps.
The way we give shape to these “black holes” – such as: abstract notions on god, quantum physics, emotions and cultural dynamics – says a lot about us. Her practice is a continuous examination on how our environment affects the image-forming of these visual voids and subsequently how the behavior of man is affected by them. She experiments with their characteristic, behavior and aesthetics and consequently with methods to capture them.
Recently she wrote a short statement about her The City Players, a series on the global financial market:
“One of the largest global failures in the recent years was the 2008 economic crash. This event was so devastating that the ripples of doubt in regards to the financial industry are still felt today and has changed the face of banking forever.I was curious to find out more about these Wizards of Oz. I wanted to know more about them, how they work, what they feel and how they think about their environment. What ensued was a series of interviews in which I asked small and big questions.
After her graduation from the Master Photography at the AKV|St.Joost in Breda Lana Mesić was long-listed for the Dutch Doc Award. After that she was selected for Winherthur’s Plat(t)form and nominated for the New Talent Photography Award ING and the Harry Pennings Award. She also was a finalist at the Organ Vida Photography Festival in Zagreb. Her successful series Anatomy of Forgiveness traveled to New York, Kigali and Tokyo. She exhibited in Novo Mesto, Beograd, The Hague, Dong Gang and Sao Paolo. In 2015 she won De Kracht van Rotterdam and in 2017 she won the first edition of the Grolsch Unseen Residency. Work of Mesić is part of the collections of Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, LUMC Leiden and several private collectors.
Lana Mesić | Dear Kublai Khan - 7 november – 19 december 2015
Lana Mesić | The clever eyes - 7 September – 3 November 2013